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Review for Midterm 2
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In which period did the following historical person/event happen?
Moon Landing
20th Century
Impressionism
Romantic
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Death scenes in 19th c. opera ...
were unpopular with audiences
made encores awkward at best
are preceded by virtuosic arias or duet
are very rarely included in the story
3
In which period did the following historical person live?
Igor Stravinsky
Modern
Impressionist
Romantic
Post-modern
4
Which period is represented by the painting...
Impressionism
20th Century
5
Which composer's music serves as a "Bridge to Romanticism?"
Mendelssohn
Brahms
Beethoven
Verdi
6
The principle of organizing music around a central, or “home,” pitch is called:
dissonance.
harmony.
consonance.
tonality.
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Giacomo Puccini is best known for his...
piano concerto
art songs
orchestral tone poems
operas in verismo style
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The rise of the middle class following the French Revolution...
pleased the nobility
allowed women equal status
increased the power of the church
helped create a new audience for concerts
9
Claude Debussy was a major composer of which musical period?
Post-modern
Impressionist
Romantic
avant-garde
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Aggressive rhythms, sharp dissonance, abrupt changes in styles
modernism
Impressionistic Music
Romantic Music
11
What did Wagner call his operas?
opera buffa
Music Dramas
Verismo
Leitmotifs
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Impressionism was a transition time between which 2 musical eras?
Romantic and Modern
Modern and post-modern
Baroque and Romantic
Classical and Baroque
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In what country did Impressionism originate?
England
Italy
Germany
France
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What does Rubato mean?
stopping on a note and sustaining it
stretching out or speeding up notes within the overall tempo
increasing vibration of a tone
ostinato rhythm
15
A 19th c. genre: anpoem set to music for solo voice and piano
Art Song
concerto
bergerette
etude
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Importance of the individual, emotional expression, and respect for nature denotes which era?
Impressionism
Romantic
modernism
20th Century
17
What is the Heiligenstadt Testament?
A document declaring the division of East and West Germany after WWII
Beethoven's statement that art must live on despite despair
The first contract between an orchestra director and board
A lost book of the bible, found by Luther in Germany
18
Which period is represented by the painting...
Impressionism
20th Century
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What was an important instrument(s) of impressionism
harp
tuba
percussion
cello
20
Whole tone and pentatonic scales, a shifting, dreamy soundscape
Impressionism
Romantic
20th Century
modernism
21
As we have moved through time, has the length of the "music periods" gotten longer or shorter?
Shorter
Longer
22
3 major composers of the Romantic Period
Gustav Mahler
Stravinsky
Johannes Brahms
Guiseppe Verdi
23
The Romantic era was a cultural movement that stressed Emotion/Intensity, Imagination and _____
Integrity
non-clarity
Declaration of Independence
Individualism - variety of sounds
24
Riots broke out after Wagner's opera Tannhäuser because...
It was too long
The music was hard to follow
The scenes were risqué
He had placed the ballet too early in the opera
25
What is tone color?
How I feel, my opinion, not based on fact
Romantic painting characteristic
What makes one instrument sound different from another
Tempo that gets faster and slower
26
Beethoven's 9th symphony astounded audiences because...
there was the innovation of a full chorus in the 4th movement
It offered a humanitarian message of love for all
the symphony was longer than any written before
Beethoven was profoundly deaf when he wrote it
27
In which period were valves added to Brass
Impressionism
classical
Romantic
modern
28
What is Program Music?
An instrumental piece that tells a story through sound only
Paper you receive at a concert telling you the songs
An ostinato
Question and Answer form
29
Which words best describe the Modern era?
Emotional, soft
Aggressive, fast changes
Organized, clear, rigid
Fancy, ornate
30
19th C. compositions celebrating the folk melodies of a composer's native country fostered the idea of
exoticism
expressionism
individualism
Nationalism
31
Which musical eras explored, emphasized, and celebrated dissonance?
post-modern
Impressionism
Modern
Romantic
32
In which period did the following historical person/event happen?
Industrial Revolution
Romantic
20th Century
33
Judgements based on personal impressions, feelings, and opinions, rather than on facts.
Objectivity
Proclivity
Subjectivity
Civility
34
In which period did the following historical person/event happen?
American Civil War
20th Century
Romantic
35
Which scales used in Impressionistic compositions helped to create a new sonic landscape?
12 tone scale
diatonic scale
Whole Tone Scale
pentatonic scale
36
Few composers after Beethoven dared to write symphonies, but a 20th-century exception is:
Bela Bartok
Dmitri Shostakovich
Steve Reich
Maurice Ravel
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Which of the following is not a characteristic of Romantic music?
pounding rhythms
terraced dynamics
startling harmonic contrast
intense, lyrical themes
